Homeschooling in SD 

• South Dakota Codified Laws on Homeschooling (Statute 13)

  Compulsory School Attendance (Statute 13, Chapter 27)

  Textbooks (Statute 13, Chapter 34)

  High School Activities (Statute 13, Chapter 36)

   

• South Dakota Department of Education

Parents/guardians who currently provide alternative instruction pursuant to SDCL 13-27-3 are required to file an Application for Public School Exemption Certificate annually.

Information on the Application for Public School Exemption Certificate

The South Dakota Content Standards articulate an essential core of knowledge and skills that the state as a whole wants students to master. Standards clarify what students are expected to know and be able to do at various points in their K-12 academic career. Local adoption and implementation of state standards ensures that the education students receive is consistently strong across all of South Dakota, and that completion of high school has common meaning throughout the state.

Information on SD Content Standards

 

• Alternative Instruction Association of South Dakota

  AIA is a statewide association of church and homeschool families working together to defend the rights of alternative instruction parents to direct the education of their children.

  Information on AIA

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